Intro Log || The Return of the Heroes

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Characters: All the "Heroes of Light" (only new characters can start threads).
Where: Aqures Ixen.
When: The 5th of September. The new Heroes of Light will awaken early in the morning.
Summary: The new Heroes of Light awaken in Aqures Ixen and are informed by their assigned Moogles of what the situation and what their destinies are. This a log for them to react to the situation, meet each other and be welcomed by the former batches of Heroes of Light. It marks the first time since January that Heroes of Light have appeared in Aqures Ixen.
Warning: N/A

Where you were or what you were doing— It does not really matter. Not any more. Within an instant, the world around you collapses. Reality twists and shatters... Or maybe you are the one who is collapsing and shattering away from reality as you knew it. No matter what the answer is, it will only take a few seconds for you to find yourself sinking into a void, your world vanishing into the distance. There is nothing but darkness as far as the eye can see. Even you feel different: all the powers you might once have had, are now gone. It is silent, cold and it feels as though life itself is slipping out of you.

At this moment, when it looks as though nothing but a never-ending void awaits you, a red Crystal forms before you. In this void, its warmth compels you to grab it. Upon doing so, you can hear a soft, soothing voice speaking:


"Wake up."

Soon, the void itself vanishes and is replaced by distant noises of engines. Had it all been nothing more than a dream? The soothing voice repeats its call one more time, but is soon replaced with a much less graceful "Wake up Kupo." Hand clutched on your Crystal, the call of the Moogle may finally wake you up. But you are no longer in your world, nor in the void. You are before the Crystal of Fire, in the third district of a city called Aqures Ixen. At this point, you may realize the engine noise actually originates from an Airship flying low over the city and headed to dock beneath the castle. As if it wasn't strange enough, your clothes have changed as well. They are now a reflection of the Jobs you are wielding. Last but not least, you are surrounded by Moogles, small and fluffy creatures who are more than happy to tell you about everything you want to know, about your 'destiny' as a Hero of Light, about what awaits you.

Or at least, they will tell you everything they do know, which isn't much in the end.

The only people around you are like you-- There are quite a few of them, all clothed in their Job garbs and most likely wondering what is happening. If somehow you do not realize it, the Moogle who woke you up will be more than happy to inform you there are others like you around. In fact, there are other Heroes who have arrived in the course of the past year and they will come soon! Like you, they have Jobs and a Crystal.

If asked, the Moogles will mention that the city was recently attacked by the Heran Empire and nearly destroyed by Ultima Weapon. What's the Heran Empire? What's Ultima Weapon? Better to ask to the heroes who saw it all.


The Other Heroes
— Shortly Thereafter —
Thanks to the efficiency of Mognet, it does not take long for the other Heroes to come around: those who arrived in this world within the past year. You may have imagined heroic and charismatic figures when your Moogle told you that there were other Heroes of Light in this city. You may have imagined persons with fearsome powers when they told you about how they fiercely battled each other past month. And more importantly, you may have imagined them as people who would have all the answers to your, doubtlessly, numerous questions.

If so, you may be up for a tragic disappointment. Still, for the most part they know more than you on the situation and may be more than happy to fill you in, especially if your Moogle didn't tell you much.


The City of Aqures Ixen
— Anytime —
With the recent attack, Aqures Ixen is under reconstruction. The city was saved for the most part, but there are ruined buildings, the Sixth District is nothing but wasteland now and the Thirteenth District has become a graveyard. Even so, there are a lot of things left to do in the city for newcomers. A few groups of Triple Triad players are playing before Mognet Office in the ninth district, mostly Moogles as many of them are not working after what happened. And of course, they are more than happy to teach the rule to anyone passing by. Characters are free to enter and play games of Triple Triad, and if they do so they will be given very basic cards and explained the rules. This may be the start of a promising career!

Characters are also free to visit the city-- Mognet Office just behind the Triple Triad games is filled with Moogles, most of them panicked, tired, busy or slacking now that their director has disappeared. They can also visit Airship Port in the twelfth district from where characters can board for free Airships from Shoopuf Airline-- Though they have to make a request 48 hours in before to do so.

Or maybe you could visit your new house in the 11th District, and get to know your new neighbors and housemate. Hopefully your neighbors are people you will get along with.


Close Encounters of the Third Kind
— 19:00 —
Characters venturing by the city's outskirts at this specific time will be able to see a most peculiar sight: a flying saucer seemingly abducting a cow before flying away and disappearing into the sky without leaving any traces of its presence. If your character do see it, hopefully there will be someone with them. Otherwise, nobody will believe their story.

Was it an UFO or just a hallucination? Only the future will tell...

Comments

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[cantante]

Tear took a moment to look at the man quizzically, taking a brief moment to adjust the bag of groceries nestled within her arms as she looked to the airships he had been observing. Her expression becomes thoughtful for a moment, wondering if she really was the best person to ask this question.

It wouldn't stop her from helping him out, of course. If this man was interested in the airships and could find use for them, all the better for the Heroes overall. "I can't say for sure. But I would say that they are a recent invention."

[oldspyce]

Asking a beautiful lady probably is the right person to ask in Raven's case. But well, maybe that was just him being a lecherous fiend!

"And by recent, how long do ya mean, little lady?" He asked in a friendly tone as he shifted to face her. Her answer was too vague, Raven guessed she might not know the details of what he was asking.

[cantante]

"I don't remember seeing them over twenty years ago." Said oh so casually, because she definitely looks like she's well over thirty. Totally.

"My focus wasn't exactly on the technology at that time, so I can only tell you so much."

[oldspyce]

Raven caught the detail and now he was curious. There's no way she could be his age...could she? Instead of challenging this information reveal, he would leave it at that for now.

"So what do ya remember from that time then?" World history was import too.

[cantante]

"A festival, though I wasn't really in the mood to indulge in it." You know, it happens when you find yourself suddenly thrust back into the past by twenty-eight years.

"If you were looking for such an event, I'm afraid to say that it's unlikely to happen soon."

[oldspyce]

"Ah! Vigorous youth such as yerself should make th' most of their time while they're still young." Was he reminiscing again? He was reminiscing again. Or he was just trolling...maybe it was both.

[cantante]

"Vigorous?" Wait... wait, did he just sound like—?

Nope, she's just going to ignore it for the time being. "Sir, we've been proclaimed Heroes, are you saying we should demand grand treatment in return?"

[oldspyce]

How long would she be able to ignore it? Raven tended to make passing comments on age difference all the time. It was inevitable.

"If we're gonna defeat the big bad boss, why shouldn't we?" He was joking.

[cantante]

"Because it would be a strain on local resources at this point." Joke? What joke?

"You seem old enough to be capable, throw your own celebration."

[oldspyce]

She took him more seriously than he took himself. No one takes him this seriously, at least none of his party members do.

"That would be a strain on this ol' man." He excused any effort on his part.

[cantante]

"That really is unfortunate. It would be a shame if you fell and got in everyone's way."

... Now was that an actual attempt at sarcasm?

[oldspyce]

Oh ouch. True beauty was sometimes the sharpest. Especially when geared toward him.

"Ah, so cold. I think my feelin's are hurt."

Meanwhile he sounded melodramatic.

[cantante]

Melodramatic? Surely he could do better than that.

"I would say to grow up, but you seem to have already done that appearance-wise."

And somehow, she's managed to free one arm from the bag she was carrying in order to twirl a strand of hair around her finger, eyeing him carefully.

[oldspyce]

"My dear, you have a lot to learn about age." Which she clearly had none of.

Also, he never claimed to have been a good grown-up. Never. Nor would he ever.

[cantante]

"I wouldn't say I know everything about ageing either. I'll have only the wisdom of others to teach me beyond my own experiences."

And considering she had only just turned sixteen when she first arrived, there was a lot to learn.

"... Unless you meant something else."